BC Bears

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BC Bears

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The British Columbia Bears (formerly Pacific Tyee) are the senior men's representative rugby team for British Columbia. They were originally founded in 2009 to compete in the Americas Rugby Championship against other representative teams from Canada, Argentina, and the United States.[1] In their inaugural season, the Bears went undefeated in round robin play against other Canadian teams falling only to the Argentina Jaguars in the ARC Final. From 2010 to 2018 the Bears participated in the Canadian Rugby Championship, along with the Ontario Blues, The Rock, and the Prairie Wolf Pack. This offshoot of the Americas Rugby Championship saw these teams once again compete in a round robin schedule.

## Home grounds

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The Bears do not have a permanent home ground, but play at various fields around British Columbia. In their inaugural year the team hosted matches at Brockton Oval in Vancouver and MacDonald Park in Victoria as well as at Westhills Stadium (formerly Bear Mountain Stadium) in Langford. The 2010 season saw the Bears play exclusively at Klahanie Park in West Vancouver. In 2011 the team again played a majority of their home games at Klahanie with the exception of one match held at the Apple Bowl in Kelowna. For the 2013 season, the Bears played exclusively at Westhills Stadium.

## Season records

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### Americas Rugby Championship

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Season  | Position  | Played  | Won  | Drawn  | Lost  | Bonus  | Points

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2009 | 1st (Round-robin) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14
Canadian final  | BC Bears 12 – 8 Ontario Blues
ARC final | Argentina Jaguars 35 – 11 BC Bears

### Canadian Rugby Championship

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Season  | Position  | Played  | Won  | Drawn  | Lost  | Bonus  | Points

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2010 | 4th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0
2011 | 2nd | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 12
2012 | 4th | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5
2013 | 2nd | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 12
2014 | 3rd | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 10
2015 | 3rd | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4
2016 | 4th | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1
2017 | 1st | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18
2018 | 3rd | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10

### Best in the West

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Season  | Position  | Played  | Won  | Drawn  | Lost  | For  | Against

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2019 | 1st | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 60 | 50

## Honours

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* Canadian Rugby Championship
* Champions: 2 (2009, 2017)
* Americas Rugby Championship
* Champions: 0
* Runners-up: 1 (2009)

## Current squad

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Squad for the 2018 Canadian Rugby Championship season

Props

* Noah Barker
* John Braddock
* Nik Hildebrand
* Clint Lemkus
* Liam Murray

Hookers

* Paul Ahn
* Steven Ng
* Blake van Heyningen

Locks

* Mike Finnemore
* Craig McLaughlin
* Shea Wakefield
* Cam Polson

Loose forwards

* Dustin Dobravsky
* Luke Campbell
* Jason Hignell
* Travis Larsen
* Connor McCann
* Oliver Nott
* Nathan Stewart

Half backs

* James Pitblado
* Jorden Sandover-Best

Fly halves

* Theo Sauder
* Giuseppe du Toit

Centres

* Doug Fraser
* Mike Nieuwenhuysen
* Josh Thiel

Wings

* Jared Douglas
* Fraser Hurst
* Isaac Kaay
* Clayton Meeres

Full backs

* Sean Ferguson
* Aaron McLelland

## Notable players

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### Canada

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The following players have represented Canada at full international level.

* Ryan Ackerman
* Noah Barker
* George Barton
* Connor Braid
* Mike Burak
* Luke Campbell
* Admir Cejvanovic
* Liam Chisholm
* Luke Cudmore
* Thyssen de Goede
* Dustin Dobravsky
* Joe Dolesau
* Sean Duke
* Giuseppe du Toit
* Brian Erichsen
* Ed Fairhurst
* Aaron Flagg
* Doug Fraser
* Mike Fuailefau
* Mitch Gudgeon
* Ryan Hamilton
* Brodie Henderson
* Nathan Hirayama
* Jake Ilnicki
* Harry Jones
* Adam Kleeberger
* Anthony Luca
* Phil Mack
* Jason Marshall
* Callum Morrison
* Oliver Nott
* Cameron Pierce
* Pat Riordan
* Jorden Sandover-Best
* Theo Sauder
* David Spicer
* Brock Staller
* Josh Thiel
* Conor Trainor
* Sean White
* Eric Wilson

### Overseas Representatives

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The following players have achieved representative honours at an international level.

* Andrey Proshin

## Games played against international opposition

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Year  | Date  | Opponent  | Result  | Score  | Tour

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2009  | 17 October  |  Argentina Jaguars | Loss  | 11–35  | 2009 Americas Rugby Championship Final
2009  | 24 November  |  Russia | Win  | 38–16  | 2009 Russia tour of Canada
2010  | 12 June  |  England Counties | Loss  | 7–46  | 2010 Tour of Canada
2010  | 18 June  |  Royal New Zealand Navy (HMNZS Te Kaha) | Win  | 71–5  | Part of Canadian Navy's Centennial
2014  | 16 July  |  Buenos Aires | Loss  | 7–38  | BC Bears 2014 South American Tour
2014  | 19 July  |  Uruguay | Win  | 21–20  | BC Bears 2014 South American Tour
2016  | 10 August  |  North Otago | Tie  | 22–22  | North Otago 2016 Canadian Tour
2018  | 23 June  |  Royal Air Force | Win  | 23-19  | RAF 2018 Western Canada Tour

## Head coaching history

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Name  | Years  | Record  | Percentage

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Mike James | 2009-2010  | 6-5  | 54.5%
Kris de Scossa  | 2011  | 2-3  | 40.0%
John MacMillan  | 2012  | 1-4  | 20.0%
Jim Dixon  | 2013–2014  | 4-7  | 36.4%
Dean Murten  | 2015  | 2-3  | 40.0%
Gabriel Fulcher  | 2016  | 0-5  | 0.0%
Tony Healy | 2017  | 4-0  | 100%
Dean Murten  | 2018  | 1-1  | 50%
Scott Manning  | 2018  | 1-1  | 50%
James Thompson  | 2019  | 1-1  | 50%

## References

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1. ^ "British Columbia Rugby Union Announces BC Bears Franchise". B.C. Rugby Union. 20 August 2009. Archived from the original on 21 June 2014. Retrieved 2014-06-21.

## External links

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* British Columbia Rugby Union website
* CRC Official Website Archived 2015-04-30 at the Wayback Machine

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